South Kensington Museum
3,432,325 (2015) * Ranked 6th nationally (2015)
* Ranked 11th globally (2013) DIRECTOR
Tristram Hunt PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS
South Kensington WEBSITE
vam.ac.uk In 2000, an 11-metre high, blown glass chandelier by Dale
Chihuly was installed as a focal point in the rotunda at the V&A's
main entrance. The VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM (often abbreviated as the V&A),
London, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design,
housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. It was
founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert . The V&A is located in the Brompton district of the Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea , in an area that has become known as
"
AlbertopolisAlbertopolis " because of its association with Prince Albert, the
Albert MemorialAlbert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was
associated
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Printmaking
PRINTMAKING is the process of making artworks by printing , normally
on paper .
Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating
prints that have an element of originality, rather than just being a
photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of
monotyping , the process is capable of producing multiples of the same
piece, which is called a PRINT. Each print produced is not considered
a "copy" but rather is considered an "original". This is because
typically each print varies to an extent due to variables intrinsic to
the printmaking process, and also because the imagery of a print is
typically not simply a reproduction of another work but rather is
often a unique image designed from the start to be expressed in a
particular printmaking technique. A print may be known as an
IMPRESSION
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Old Master Print
An OLD MASTER PRINT is a work of art produced by a printing process
within the Western tradition. The term remains current in the art
trade , and there is no easy alternative in English to distinguish the
works of "fine art " produced in printmaking from the vast range of
decorative, utilitarian and popular prints that grew rapidly alongside
the artistic print from the 15th century onwards. Fifteenth-century
prints are sufficiently rare that they are classed as old master
prints even if they are of crude or merely workmanlike artistic
quality. A date of about 1830 is usually taken as marking the end of
the period whose prints are covered by this term. The main techniques used, in order of their introduction, are woodcut
, engraving , etching , mezzotint and aquatint , although there are
others. Different techniques are often combined in a single print.
With rare exceptions printed on textiles, such as silk, or on vellum ,
old master prints are printed on paper
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Islamic World
The terms MUSLIM WORLD and ISLAMIC WORLD commonly refer to the
unified Islamic community (
Ummah ), consisting of all those who adhere
to the religion of
IslamIslam , or to societies where
IslamIslam is practiced.
In a modern geopolitical sense, these terms refer to countries where
IslamIslam is widespread , although there are no agreed criteria for
inclusion. The history of the
MuslimMuslim world spans about 1400 years and includes a
variety of socio-political developments, as well as advances in the
arts, science, philosophy, and technology, particularly during the
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Ironwork
IRONWORK is any weapon , artwork , utensil or architectural feature
made of iron especially used for decoration. There are two main types
of ironwork: wrought iron and cast iron . While the use of iron dates
as far back as 4000BC, it was the
Hittites who first knew how to
extract it (see iron ore ) and develop weapons. Use of iron was mainly
utilitarian until the
Middle AgesMiddle Ages , it became widely used for
decoration in the period between the 16th and 19th century. CONTENTS * 1
Wrought ironWrought iron
* 2
Cast ironCast iron
* 3 See also
* 4 References and sources
* 5 External links WROUGHT IRON Main article:
Wrought ironWrought iron Details of ironwork on the central
portal of the west facade of
Notre Dame de ParisNotre Dame de Paris (France) Wrought ironwork is forged by a blacksmith using an anvil
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Cromwell Road
CROMWELL ROAD is a major
London road in the Royal Borough of
Kensington and Chelsea , designated as part of the A4 . It was created
in the 19th century and is said to be named after
Richard Cromwell ,
son of
Oliver Cromwell , who once owned a house there.
Cromwell Road was not always the main traffic route it is now, as
when it was built, it ended at Earls Court. The Cromwell Road
extension, across the West
London railway line and towards
Hammersmith, was authorised as a bridge across the railway in 1884 but
completed only in 1941. Thus, it was only in after
World War II that
it became the main A4 route into London. The large traffic increase
brought much demolition and road rearrangement beyond Earls Court Road
in 1967 to 1972, but the main part of
Cromwell Road has not had its
basic building line changed
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Culture Of North Africa
CULTURE (/ˈkʌltʃər/ ) is the social behavior and norms found in
human societies .
CultureCulture is considered a central concept in
anthropology , encompassing the range of phenomena that are
transmitted through social learning in human societies . Some aspects
of human behavior, social practices such as culture, expressive forms
such as art , music , dance , ritual , and religion , and technologies
such as tool usage , cooking , shelter , and clothing are said to be
cultural universals , found in all human societies. The concept of
material culture covers the physical expressions of culture, such as
technology, architecture and art, whereas the immaterial aspects of
culture such as principles of social organization (including practices
of political organization and social institutions ), mythology ,
philosophy , literature (both written and oral ), and science comprise
the intangible cultural heritage of a society
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Ceramics (art)
CERAMIC ART is art made from ceramic materials, including clay . It
may take forms including art ware , tile , figurines , sculpture , and
tableware .
CeramicCeramic art is one of the arts , particularly the visual
arts . Of these, it is one of the plastic arts . While some ceramics
are considered fine art , some are considered to be decorative ,
industrial or applied art objects. Ceramics may also be considered
artefacts in archaeology .
CeramicCeramic art can be made by one person or by
a group of people. In a pottery or ceramic factory, a group of people
design, manufacture and decorate the art ware. Products from a pottery
are sometimes referred to as "art pottery". In a one-person pottery
studio, ceramists or potters produce studio pottery . The word "ceramics" comes from the Greek keramikos
(κεραμικος), meaning "pottery", which in turn comes from
keramos (κεραμος) meaning "potter's clay"
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Costume
COSTUME is the distinctive style of dress of an individual or group
that reflects their class, gender, profession, ethnicity, nationality,
activity or epoch. The term also was traditionally used to describe typical appropriate
clothing for certain activities, such as riding costume , swimming
costume , dance costume , and evening costume . Appropriate and
acceptable costume is subject to changes in fashion and local cultural
norms. "But sable is worn more in carriages, lined with real lace over ivory
satin, and worn over some smart costume suitable for an afternoon
reception." A Woman's Letter from London (23 November 1899). This general usage has gradually been replaced by the terms "dress",
"attire" or "wear" and usage of "costume" has become more limited to
unusual or out-of-date clothing and to attire intended to evoke a
change in identity, such as theatrical, Halloween, and mascot
costumes. Before the advent of ready-to-wear apparel, clothing was made by
hand
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Metalwork
METALWORKING is the process of working with metals to create
individual parts, assemblies, or large-scale structures. The term
covers a wide range of work from large ships and bridges to precise
engine parts and delicate jewelry . It therefore includes a
correspondingly wide range of skills, processes, and tools .
MetalworkingMetalworking is a science, art, hobby, industry and trade. Its
historical roots span cultures, civilizations, and millennia.
MetalworkingMetalworking has evolved from the discovery of smelting various ores ,
producing malleable and ductile metal useful for tools and adornments.
Modern metalworking processes, though diverse and specialized, can be
categorized as forming, cutting, or joining processes. Today's machine
shop includes a number of machine tools capable of creating a precise,
useful workpiece
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List Of Largest Art Museums
This LIST OF LARGEST ART MUSEUMS in the world ranks art museums and
other museums that contain mostly pieces of art by the best available
estimates of total exhibition space. CONTENTS * 1 Methodology
* 2 Largest art museums
* 3 Large museums with unknown or unreliable figures
* 4 See also
* 5 Notes
* 6 References METHODOLOGYOnly gallery space is to be considered, not be confused with the
total space inside the building (which is generally three times
larger). The museum should be mainly composed of human made artifacts with an
important aesthetical dimension (i.e. natural history , social
history, science and technology museums are to be excluded, as well as
palaces whose purpose is primarily historical and architectural and
secondarily as an art collection). Museums contained inside a bigger institution cannot be considered as
one entity if they are not at the same location
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British Museum
6,820,686 (2015) * Ranked 1st nationally
* Ranked 5th globally CHAIRMAN
Sir
Richard Lambert DIRECTOR
Hartwig Fischer PUBLIC TRANSIT ACCESS
Goodge Street ; Holborn ;
Tottenham Court Road ; Russell Square ; WEBSITE
britishmuseum.org AREA
807,000 sq ft (75,000 m2) in
94 Galleries The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2001 to become the
Great Court , surrounding the original Reading Room . The BRITISH MUSEUM, located in the
BloomsburyBloomsbury area of
LondonLondon , United
Kingdom , is a public institution dedicated to human history , art and
culture . Its permanent collection, numbering some 8 million works,
is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence and
originates from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story
of human culture from its beginnings to the present
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